A type of character, action, or situation that occurs over and over in literature; a pattern or example that occurs in literature and life. Example: The emperor himself was an archetype of what the modern world calls a constitutional monarch; he reigned, but did not govern.
Automator is an application developed by Apple for OS X that implements point-and-click (or drag and drop) creation of workflows for automating repetitive tasks into batches for quicker alteration, thus saving time and effort over human intervention to manually change each file separately.
If you're an avid Mac user, you've probably heard of two technologies that seem sort of alike: Automator and AppleScript. Ben Waldie points out the differences and similarities in the two technologies, explaining when to use each one to save yourself some keystrokes (and headaches).